Technical Committee (TC) Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Activity Report 2022

Chair: Niels Peter Skov Andersen, Anemone Technology

Developing and maintaining standards, specifications and other deliverables to support the implementation of ITS Service provision for transport networks, vehicles and transport users, including interface aspects and multiple modes of transport and interoperability between systems.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) enable smarter, more coordinated and efficient use of transport networks with the potential to increase safety for travellers and the public, minimize environmental impact and improve traffic management.

In ETSI our ITS Technical Committee (TC ITS) has primary responsibility to develop and maintain standards, specifications and other deliverables to support the development and implementation of ITS Service provision across the network, for transport networks, vehicles and transport users – including interface aspects and multiple modes of transport and interoperability between systems, but not including ITS application standards, radio matters, and EMC.

Scope of this work includes communication media, and associated physical layer, transport layer, network layer, security, lawful intercept, and the provision of generic web services. In addition, the committee develops conformance test specifications which are crucial for the commercial deployment of the technology and are closely involved in radio spectrum requirements for ITS.

In 2022 TC ITS and its five Working Groups published and updated various deliverables, namely:

 

TC ITS

  • Technical Specification TS 103 900 V2.0.0 - Release 2 default version of ETSI EN 302 637-2 (V1.4.1): ‘Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Vehicular Communications; Basic Set of Applications; Part 2: Specification of Cooperative Awareness Basic Service’.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 899 V2.0.0 - Vehicular Communications; Geographical Area Definition; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 898 V2.0.0 - Communications Architecture; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 836-5-1 V2.0.0 - Vehicular Communications; GeoNetworking; Part 5: Transport Protocols; Sub-part 1: Basic Transport Protocol; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 836-6-1 V2.0.0 - Vehicular Communications; GeoNetworking; Part 6: Internet Integration; Sub-part 1: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over GeoNetworking Protocols; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 836-3 V2.0.0 - Vehicular Communications; GeoNetworking; Part 3: Network Architecture; Release 2.
  • Technical Report TR 103 193 V1.2.1 - Testing; Interoperability test specifications for ITS V2X use cases; Architecture of ITS Interoperability Validation Framework.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 192-3 V1.2.1 - Testing; Interoperability test specifications for ITS V2X use cases; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • Technical Specification TS 103 192-2 V1.2.1 - Testing; Interoperability test specifications for ITS V2X use cases; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • Technical Specification TS 103 192-1 V1.2.1 - Testing; Interoperability test specifications for ITS V2X use cases; Part 1: Test requirements and Interoperability Feature Statement (IFS) pro forma.
  • Technical Report TR 103 099 V1.5.1 - Architecture of conformance validation framework.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 943 V2.0.0 - Security; Confidentiality services; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 942 V2.0.0 - Security; Access Control; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 941 V2.2.1 - Security; Trust and Privacy Management; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 731 V2.0.0 - Security; Security Services and Architecture; Release 2.

 

TC ITS WG1 – Application requirements and services

  • Technical Specification TS 102 894-2 V2.1.1 - Users and applications requirements; Part 2: Applications and facilities layer common data dictionary; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 831 V2.1.1 - Vehicular Communications; Basic Set of Applications; Decentralized Environmental Notification Service; Release 2.
  • Technical Report TR 103 300-1 V2.3.1 - Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) awareness; Part 1: Use Cases definition; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 141 V2.2.1 - Facilities layer function; Multi-Channel Operation (MCO) for Cooperative ITS (C-ITS); Release 2.

 

TC ITS WG2 – Architecture and cross layers

  • Technical Specification TS 103 697 V2.1.1 - Architecture; Multi-Channel Operation (MCO) for Cooperative ITS (C-ITS); Release 2.

 

TC ITS WG3 – Transport and network

  • Technical Specification TS 103 836-4-1 V2.1.1 - Vehicular Communications; GeoNetworking; Part 4: Geographical addressing and forwarding for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications; Sub-part 1: Media-Independent Functionality; Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 103 248 V2.2.1 - GeoNetworking; Port Numbers for the Basic Transport Protocol (BTP); Release 2.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 871-3 V1.5.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for GeoNetworking; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 871-2 V1.5.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for GeoNetworking; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 871-1 V1.5.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for GeoNetworking; Part 1: Test requirements and Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) pro forma.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 870-3 V1.2.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for Geonetworking Basic Transport Protocol (BTP); Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 870-2 V1.2.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for GeoNetworking Basic Transport Protocol (BTP); Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 870-1 V1.2.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for GeoNetworking Basic Transport Protocol (BTP); Part 1: Test requirements and Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) pro forma.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 859-3 V1.3.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for Transmission of IP packets over GeoNetworking; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 859-2 V1.3.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for Transmission of IP packets over GeoNetworking; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 859-1 V1.3.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for Transmission of IP packets over GeoNetworking; Part 1: Test requirements and Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) pro forma.
  • Technical Specification TS 102 636-7-2 V1.1.2 - Vehicular Communications; GeoNetworking; Part 7: Amendments for LTE-V2X; Sub-part 2: Amendments to ETSI EN 302 636-5-1 (Basic Transport Protocol).
  • Technical Specification TS 102 636-7-1 V1.1.2 - Vehicular Communications; GeoNetworking; Part 7: Amendments for LTE-V2X; Sub-part 1: Amendments to ETSI EN 302 636-4-1 (Media-Independent Functionality).

 

TC ITS WG4 – Media and medium related

  • Technical Specification TS 103 695 V2.1.1 - Access layer specification in the 5 GHz frequency band; Multi-Channel Operation (MCO) for Cooperative ITS (C-ITS); Release 2.

 

TC ITS WG5 – Security

  • Technical Specification TS 103 600 V1.2.1 - Testing; Interoperability test specifications for security.
  • TS TS 103 525-3 V1.2.2 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS PKI management; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • TS TS 103 525-3 V1.2.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS PKI management; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • TS TS 103 525-2 V1.2.2 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS PKI management; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • TS TS 103 525-2 V1.2.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS PKI management; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • TS TS 103 525-1 V1.2.2 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS PKI management; Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS).
  • TS TS 103 525-1 V1.2.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS PKI management; Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS).
  • TS TS 103 096-3 V1.5.2 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS Security; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • TS TS 103 096-3 V1.5.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS Security; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT).
  • TS TS 103 096-2 V1.5.2 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS Security; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • TS TS 103 096-2 V1.5.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS Security; Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS & TP).
  • TS TS 103 096-1 V1.5.2 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS Security; Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS).
  • TS TS 103 096-1 V1.5.1 - Testing; Conformance test specifications for ITS Security; Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS).
  • TS TS 102 941 V2.2.1 - Security; Trust and Privacy Management; Release 2.

See the full list of publications by TC ITS in 2022 here.

In 2023 the committee’s Working Groups continue their development of various deliverables. See the full list of TC ITS Work Items currently in development here.

 

During the year TC ITS continued to work in cooperation with ETSI TC RT on Road ITS and Urban Rail applications in the 5,9 GHz frequency band. The purpose of this work is to specify the solution to be applied in the ITS band (5 875-5 925 MHz) to meet Urban Rail ITS and road ITS applications requirements. These activities are linked to the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1426 on the harmonized use of radio spectrum in the 5 875-5 935 MHz frequency band for safety-related applications of ITS and repealing Decision 2008/671/EC.

Throughout 2022 TC ITS maintained continual interaction with 3GPP regarding radio interfaces for C-V2X technology and its integration into the ITS architecture; as well as ongoing liaison with bodies including IEEE (regarding IEEE 802.11 technology and its evolution), ISO (principally TC 204), CEN/CENELEC and the EC’s CONNECT, GROW and MOVE initiatives.

The committee also remained in close contact with oneM2M, as well as ITU-T SG16 (Multimedia for ITS and Automated Driving), ITU-T SG20 (Internet of Things and its applications, including smart cities and communities) and FG-AI4AD (Focus Group on AI for autonomous and assisted driving).